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Free sign upThe phrase "avoid showing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when advising someone to refrain from displaying or revealing something, often in a context where discretion is needed.
Example: "In a professional setting, it's best to avoid showing any signs of frustration during meetings."
Alternatives: "refrain from displaying" or "steer clear of revealing".
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But the camera angles avoid showing genitalia.
I was taught to avoid showing off.
Mr. Grassley and Mr. Enzi have good reason to avoid showing their cards.
Major accountancy firms have devised careful corporate structures to avoid showing their files to regulators.
Bill Clinton took extra trouble 30 years ago to avoid showing up here for America's first conflict with Vietnam.
Most stations use delays of live broadcasts to avoid showing scenes that might be upsetting to their viewers.
Tim Hunter, fundraising director for Oxfam GB, said charities were much more conscious of the need to avoid showing communities that they were trying help as passive victims.
In responding to the large numbers of people seeking refuge in Europe, Merkel wanted to avoid showing the world yet another ghastly picture of German refugee shelters burning.
He dotes on his pet cat to avoid showing love to his son, and mourns a bygone romance as a means of safeguarding against any future relationship.
Now, it cannot avoid showing big profits thanks to the lucrative cloud computing business in which it has improbably become a leader.
It was meant to allow voters to avoid showing identification if they had already been screened using database checks, he said.
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